ian will go down as one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever hit the u.s. the storm turning coastal communities into open ocean winds as high as 150 miles per hour shredding everything in their path. fema says 1500 people have been rescued since ian came to shore, the worst natural disaster in state history. fox team coverage start right now. steve harrigan is near sarasota county, chad pergram at the white house on federal response but first to alexandria hoff to pine island, florida. alexandria. reporter: arthel, we are in an area that s called mat lachet, it s complicated what s happening behind me. rescue effort being led by the u.s. coast guard to rescue people who will be stranded on pine island ever since this storm hit and this has been a large-scale operation. what ends up happening here those stranded on pine island have to get on boat to mount lachet and plenty of people have been rescued by helicopter as well. a couple of minutes we know that ems personnel was
phil keating and chad pergram from the white house. let s start with alex and roy hoff live from cape corral, florida. hi, alex. alex: we are in an area called matt lachet and the coast guard is leading major effort to rescue people who have been stranded on the pine island ever since the storm, this is a major operation, we have probably seen at least a hundred people in this location coming in by boat. those residents had been on the island since the storm including even volunteers who showed up just after it. some really have arrived here in terrible condition. ems personnel have been on hand assisting several people who have returned by boat. one man said he had been suffering with a broken hip for days and laura was very emotional. she told me that she lost her entire home and spoke with gratitude for those who came to save her especially after the effort she made to make sure that she needed help. it s very devastating. we are just great to have our lives. the water a
civilians in eastern ukraine are paying the highest price amid the conflict. this weekend another humanitarian convoy was hit by russian fire killing at least 24 people including 13 children. with the loss of limon, critical supply city, russian soldiers are expected to increase targeted of civilian areas, the entire world understands how significant these losses are and what it means for russian leadership in moscow. they ve used those routes to push material down to the south and to the west and without those routes, it ll be more difficult, so it presents sort of a dilemma for for the russians going forward. trey: the russian battlefield losses are especially concerning when you look at what putin s allies are telling him to do. the chchen asking to use small gear tactical weapons in the fight. mike: does the talk of nuclear
we are here to evacuate civilians from bakmut. trey: how many civilians? are so far 3 and picking up another. trey: though his troops relentlessly shelter roads and villages. civilians are paying highest price amid conflict, another humanitarian convoy was hit by russian fire killing at least 24 people including 13 children. with the loss of limon, critical supply city, russian soldiers are expected to increase targeted of civilian areas, the entire world understands how significant the losses are and what it means for russian leadership in moscow. they ve used those routes to push material down to the south and to the west and without those routes, it ll be more difficult so this presents sort of a dilemma for for the russians going forward.